High Notes, Vol 13 No 34, November 02 2012

From the Principal

High TalentCongratulations to Joshua Lane (Year 10) whose syndicate
“Iceman Cometh” won 3rd place nationally and was 1st in NSW/ACT in the ASX Schools
Sharemarket Game 2. Not only did Joshua win a handsome prize for himself, but also the school is
awarded $2,500 from ASX. Great job, Joshua! The U15s basketball team has qualified again for the
CHS NSW Knockout Competition final series at Terrigal next week. Congratulations and good luck
to: Boris Amromin, Brian Chan, Brendan Fattore, Noah Fowler, Michael Hamilton, Jack Hutchison,
Joshua Leo, Bailey Musulin, Alex So, Nathan Sutton and Anthony Wu.

High Parents and Friends Rowing ChallengeThe rowing challenge six weeks of
training culminated in early morning races at Abbotsford last Saturday on a sparkling morning on
the river. The parents and friends who did the hard hours of dawn training benefited their health
and the rowing program to the amount of $7000. Julie Blomberg and the Rowing Committee work hard
to promote and manage the rowing challenge. Thank you to all concerned! The Old Boys VIII was too
strong for the 2013 SBHS crew in the annual sprint race.

Bob Outterside HonouredThe Outterside Centre has new signage. At the
Teviot St entrance a new sign describes the Outterside Centre. On the river frontage a new sign
under the balcony advertises ‘Sydney Boys High School Boatshed’. Last Saturday, at
the ‘Back to the Sheds’ event, Bob’s daughters and a number of people
associated with Bob in his time as Principal (1977-1991) and in his work for the Outterside
Centre Management Committee (2002-10) were in attendance at the unveiling of a portrait of Bob to
be hung in the Centre. In an entertaining speech Bob thanked the High community for the honour
and recounted how the Centenary Project of extending the Centre was conceived and promoted. We
are all glad that he talked the High community out of building a chapel on The Flat to celebrate
the occasion of 100 years of the school!

High Notes 500th EditionOur weekly publication High Notes passed
the milestone of 500 editions on October 19. Since February, 2000 the newsletter has been a
vehicle for celebration of achievement and information about school activities and personalities.
I want to thank the many editors and contributors over the last 13 years who have helped to get
the news out to students and their families. The regularity and quality of the publication are
tributes to their dedication and professionalism. Thank you to staff who take the time to email
me good news about the many and varied achievements of our boys.

The format of the newsletter lends itself to on-screen reading. I urge any families who have not
yet registered to read High Notes electronically via an emailed link to do so. Just go
to www.sydneyboyshigh.com/publications/high-notes
enter your email address in the blue box on the right hand side of the screen and click on
‘signup’. You will be notified by email when each edition is ready to peruse.

Year 11 ReportsToo many students have not yet discussed their progress
with me. Clearance Forms have been issued to all boys and they should be meeting their
commitments. The boys are deciding on their courses for the HSC and it is imperative that I speak
to them all before next Wednesday. Please ask your son for his report and his plans for courses
for 2013. Boys need to start focussing on the important weeks of HSC learning ahead! As from
November 5, negative consequences will have to be applied to force boys to comply with school
policy.Dr K A Jaggar

Music Notes

Fundraising

A big THANK YOU to the boys in the Senior Strings who performed on Sunday, the 28th of October ,
at the Lugar Brae Uniting Church (Waverley) for the United World fundraiser. The organisers and
members were thrilled and amazed by the boys’ performance. The money raised will be donated
to the United World and will be used for a hospital and orphanage in North Korea. Well Done!!! =D

Year 7 Ensembles

To all boys in Year 7, it is a pity that there are not a lot of boys who are in the music
ensembles this year. Boys, it is never too late to join the ensembles (please look at the music
rehearsal times below). It’s an opportunity for you to build your musical skills and
talent!!!

Marching Band

The Marching Band will resume as of WEEK 6, on TUESDAY and FRIDAY AFTERNOONS, after school.

Ensemble Rehearsals

Please check the timetable and arrive ON TIME! There are NO EXCUSES for not attending or arriving
late to ensemble rehearsals. ALL ENSEMBLES START AT 7:45AM. (unless stated otherwise). Remember a
ROLL is TAKEN, and 80% ATTENDANCE is required. PLEASE REMEMBER to pack up after rehearsals (tidy
up the room/and stands back on rack). EVERYONE needs to help and not leave it to one or two boys.
THANK YOU boys for your co-operation! Please remember PRACTICE DAILY, if only for 20 minutes is
required for you to develop your awesome musical skills and make your music tutor happy. Practice
makes PERFECT!!!!!

The 2012 ensemble rehearsal timetable is provided below:

Time

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Morning rehearsals7.45am
unless stated otherwise

Intermediate Concert Band
Room 201

Senior Concert Band
Room 201

Junior Stage Band
Room 201

Symphony OrchestraRoom 201

Senior String Ensemble
Room 101

Senior Stage Band
Room 101

Intermediate Stage Band
Room 101

Saxophone Ensemble
Room 201 8:45am

Training Concert BandRoom 202|
Terms 2, 3, 4

Philharmonic Orchestra
Room 208

Chamber ChoirRoom 201 8am

Junior String Ensemble
Room 208

Woodwind Ensemble
Room 202

Marching Band
TERM 1 & 4 (MPW)

Afternoon rehearsals
Start @ 3.30pm

Marching Band (MPW)
TERM 1 & 4
3.30 - 4.30pm

Jazz Ensemble
Room 201

Percussion EnsembleRoom 201

From the Andrews Junior Library

Thanks to 2012 Library Monitors and Office Boys

As this is term 4 and we may forget to do this, our Library staff would like to acknowledge the
incredible assistance we receive every year from our 240 Library Monitors. These boys put
every one of the 9000 or more books our students borrow per annum back onto shelves. This
year the boys have put subject added entries onto 700 Links for Learning Websites- a job that is
close to being finished. They have also looked up every one of our 2058 websites on our
OASIS catalogue to find out if they were still working. They do numerous other jobs that
make us much more effective as a Library, such as making up our new books window displays. We
would also like to thank the Office Boys who come up in period 6 and shut and lock all our
windows, turn our computers off, put books away and tidy up the chairs and newspapers. This
is again saving our staff 50 minutes of repetitive work per day and gives us extra time to
accomplish other tasks. The beautiful grace the boys display when they help us is a
joy. Thank you to all our helpers!

Coming up in Term 4

The last half of the Fiction Stocktake and the Film Festival and a final run at Literacy Circles
for Years 7&8.

Donation Thanks

Many thanks also to Ms Meredith Thomas, who has worked on a temporary basis in the Library this
term, for her donation of books and DVDs. Thanks also to the Heatrick family who donated
more books again this term. Also to Ms Kilmore from Maths for her recent donation :

From the Canteen

Thank you for supporting our canteen throughout the year. We are very fortunate to have one
of the few school canteens not privately owned. This means that all profits are returned to
the school and are used for extras not provided by the Department of Education, which benefit all
of our sons. Canteen has been able to give the P&C a further
$40,000.00 this term, making a total of $80,000.00 for the
year. We are so fortunate to be able to make this large amount of money, whilst still
providing healthy, home-made food choices for our sons at very affordable prices. This
would not be possible without the professional running of the canteen by our fantastic,
hard-working Managers Karen and Tracey to whom we are extremely grateful.

We are losing a number of Year 12 parents this year and in order to continue to raise this much
needed money for the school we are seeking some new volunteers. If you have any time
available, please contact the canteen on Ph: 9360 4027, even if you can only help one day a term
it would be greatly appreciated.

High Tide

Sydney Boys High School Sailing

20th October 2012

Sydney High sailors achieved mixed results in Round Two of the Saturday Points score Term 4
Series sailed on Rose Bay on Saturday morning in very light and shifty SW to W winds.

Earlier, the Christening and Naming Ceremony for the new Pacers “Moves like Jaggar”,
“Don Roach” and “Narrina” had seen a large crowd of sailors and their
parents at the Double Bay Sailing Club sheds.

This allowed Sydney High to field a ten boat fleet for the first time and the start this week saw
a larger fleet with thirty boats from four schools (High, Scots, Cranbrook and Ascham) contesting
the second round.

Bec Loder and Lailie Walker (SGHS) sailed the most consistently this week with a 6th and a 7th
placing in the two races held. David Evans and his crew were also very consistent (8th and a
9th). Tim Pilien sailed very well for a 13th and 10th placing and good placings were achieved by
Marcus James (6th in the first race), Darren Tiang (12th) and Connor Robinson (11th). Hayden
Rabone sailed competitively for his first race on the helm and should show improved results in
future regattas.

27th October 2012

Round Three of the Saturday Point Score Series saw an increase in wind strength compared with
previous weeks and with this 10-15 Knot SW to SE wind, the racing was more exhilarating.

Both races were typical long course fleet races, with a triangle, sausage and triangle course to
the finish. The Cranbrook and Scots boats took an early lead off the start and looked very
comfortable in these conditions. They were closely followed by Bec Loder, David Evans, Marcus
James and Tim Pilien. Things were tight at all marks and boats sailed well to anticipate and
avoid penalties. The best sailor was Bec Loder with a sixth placing, David Evans and Tim Pilien
in the top ten. With the absence of at least three normal skippers this week, the junior skippers
were given the chance to perform well in the difficult conditions.

Race two was an even better result from Sydney High sailors with a win both due to excellent
sailing by Bec Loder, with Lailie Walker (SGHS) as crew and the disqualification of other boats
for being OCS or over the line at the start and failing to return and start again. David Evans
sailed well with Tom Du to claim a fifth place and Tim Pilien and Daniel Fang an sixth and eighth
place

Both this week’s races achieved the MIC benchmark of three in the top ten places in each
race.

A number of skippers have sailed well this week at training. Vincent Xu has moved confidently
into one boat and displayed a reasonably high level of competence whilst sailing on both
Saturdays and Thursdays.

The student roster put into place this week was not successful and so all students will need to
turn up for Saturday Sport this weekend, unless they have been granted leave and possess a note
(with a very good excuse). Students that cannot adhere to this policy will need to find another
sport to compete in this Term.

Next week it is essential for all boys to turn up, as it is our Regatta for the Saturday Point
Score Series. Sailing will be conducted on a course within Double Bay and it is hoped a better
result will be achieved. A number of sailors will be needed to help on the start boat and the
laying of marks.

A final reminder that the Sailing Dinner will be this term and that further details will be
advised soon. It is anticipated that it will be held at the DBSC clubrooms. It will be a plate
dinner where everyone brings a plate of food.

Thanks to those sailors who did extra this week by turning up to increase the numbers sailing,
even though they were rostered off. Their help is very much appreciated.Graham Moody
MIC Sailing

Basketball: Shooting Hoops

High vs. Kings

Term 1 2012 Results

TEAM

RESULT

SCORE

TOP SCORER/MVP

1st

HUGE WIN

106-26

C.JURLINA TRIPLE DOUBLE

2nd

WIN

58-48

N.SUTTON 14

3rd

LOSS

45-27

C.STACK MVP

4th

WIN

41-33

T.CHEN 13

5th

RAIN

6th

RAIN

7th

RAIN

8th

WIN

45-23

R.MAHAJAN 15

16A

LOSS

42-25

B.CHEN 17

16B

LOSS

56-35

B.TRUONG 10

16C

WIN

23-22

TEAM EFFORT

16D

WIN

39-13

G.QIN 12

16E

WIN

20-17

E.WANG 10

16F

WIN

30-19

A.KARAHASAN 9

15A

LOSS

35-40

B.CHAN, B.MUSULIN

15B

WIN

45-19

J.YANG

15C

WIN

38-17

15D

WIN

33-7

A.HAN 8

15E

WIN

32-15

T.JIANG 15

15F

WIN

16-12

TEAM EFFORT

14A

LOSS

21-35

TEAM EFFORT

14B

LOSS

23-21

A.MCAFFREY 8

14C

DRAW

25-25

L.TAO 8

14D

LOSS

25-11

TEAM EFFORT

14E

LOSS

22-8

S.ZHAO MVP

14F

LOSS

22-18

J.CHEN MVP

13F

WIN

12-11

S.CHEN 8

Term 4 2012 Results

TEAM

RESULT

SCORE

TOP SCORER/MVP

1st

WIN

60-49

N.SUTTON 13

2nd

WIN

67-40

B.MUSULIN 26

3rd

WIN

42-35

J.PALLANI 12

4th

WIN

31-25

B.TRUONG 18

5th

WIN

37-25

G.QIN MVP

6th

WIN

19-16

D.DUONG 6

7th

LOSS

16-19

W.LIU 12

8th

LOSS

16-13

TEAM EFFORT

16A

LOSS

29-23

J.WANG 11

16B

LOSS

28-24

S.MALOL 7

16C

WIN

35-13

D.HASLAM 10

16D

WIN

40-12

C.YANG 11

16E

WIN

24-15

N.HUANG 7

16F

WIN

22-6

TEAM EFFORT

15A

WIN

27-24

J.GEK 11

15B

LOSS(OT)

23-25

M.LI 10

15C

LOSS

36-8

C.SHI 3

15D

WIN

33-16

TEAM EFFORT

15E

LOSS

39-9

D.XU 4

15F

WIN

28-12

TEAM EFFORT

14A

LOSS

23-42

J.ZHENG 6

14B

LOSS

15-23

R.GU 4

14C

LOSS

41-21

A.LEE 10

14D

LOSS

12-46

D.NGUYEN-JARIV 4

14E

LOSS

10-50

P.YU 6

14F

LOSS

16-23

J.LOH 6

AAGPS First Grade Table

Played

Won

Lost

For

Against

Points

Scots

3

3

0

308

133

6

Shore

3

3

0

211

144

6

Newington

3

2

1

191

153

5

St. Joseph's

3

2

1

243

233

5

King’s

3

1

2

152

157

4

High

3

1

2

195

212

4

St. Ignatius'

3

0

3

149

229

3

Grammar

3

0

2

126

314

3

This week our 1st Grade side had pulled off their first win of the season against King’s!
Having lost to the same team by only one point at the Sydney School’s Shoot out in the
holidays, it was sweet revenge for 1st Grade when it counted as we won by 11 points this time
round. Characteristics of the King’s School in any age group are their gigantic size
that tower over many of our High players. However, this week our Opens still managed to do
extremely well having only 7th and 8th Grade losing by narrow 3 point margins, with Captain Weber
Liu of 7th Grade extremely apologetic after stacking it in the final seconds and throwing the
game away.

Following this, we have another match report from the captain of 6th Grade, who’s on a
fiery winning streak since the beginning of the season:

Entrenched on a two-game winning streak, the 6th Grade Basketball team embarked on a long
road trip to the King’s School for Round 3 of the GPS. Captain Kenneth Ho was quarantined
from the team after failing to overcome influenza. After a one-week hiatus, speedster Terence
Pham was reinstated to the starting line-up. Head Coach Mr W Baldock looked for a boost from new
acquisition Marshall Li, and was extremely satisfied when Marshall continuously blocked out all
the space in the key. Former All-Star Andrew Wu continued his renaissance with another vintage
Air Wu performance, bulldozing his way to the bucket relentlessly, whilst also utilising the
fly-swatting technique in defence. During the second half, Andrew Wu’s jaw dropping finesse
held the King’s School at bay. In the closing seconds, Sydney High held on tenaciously,
passing the ball around to burn the last 40 seconds of the game away.Kenneth Ho

We also have Mr Hayman’s team of the week:

I was very impressed with the 14As who tied the second half of their game 14 points all.
I’d like to see us break the Kings full court trap consistently next time. Most of the
schools we play against have been practising for a number of years together when we meet them in
Year 7. Such a close, tied game in the second half is a great result for us going forward.

This week we will be playing Sydney Grammar. Grammar has been an arch rival to High in basketball
and academically. We look forward to seeing High winning most of this Saturday’s games,
with the lower grades possibly pulling off their first win of the season if they haven’t
already won!! Remember to use your time well and prepare yourself both mentally and physically
this Saturday for a big game ahead. Good luck!

~ Go HIGH!
~ Play Hard, Play Smart and Play Together!
~ Brought to you by the Editor Glanden Zheng
~ Thank you to Mr B Hayman for all his contributions to HIGH Basketball

Sydney Boys High School Rowing

Back to the Sheds Regatta 2012

High Rowing welcomed Old Boys, parents, and supporters to the Rowing Sheds last Saturday, 27th
October for the Back to the Sheds Day. The day started well with beautiful weather for the High
Challenge rowers to finish off their six week rowing program with a mini regatta right in front
of the sheds. Congratulations to all 3 crews who rowed their best on the day and entered the
spirit of the event with some colourful rowing outfits and crew names. Our Captain of Boats,
Alex Pereira, welcomed old boys back to the sheds and thanked the High Rowing
Challenge crews for their donations.

Then it got serious with the feature race of the day - the Best of the Old Boys challenging the
School VIII. Congratulations to the Old Boys crew (which included some very recent Old Boys!) who
had to put in a powerful and less technical race to beat the current School VIII over 500m for
2012.

A highlight of the day was the short ceremony to celebrate new signage provided by SHS
Foundation -'The Outterside Centre' at the entrance to the centre,
and 'Sydney Boys High School Boatshed' on the riverside of the sheds.
Geoff Andrews, Chairman SHS Foundation, unveiled a portrait of Bob
Outterside, Principal 1977 – 1992, to be mounted next to Jim Budge, as recognition
of Bob’s outstanding contribution to Sydney Boys High School over many decades.

Upcoming Rowing Events -

Junior Head of the Parramatta – Saturday 3 November. This will be the
first opportunity for all our Junior Quads to race. We will enter three Year 8 Quads, five Year
9 Quads, and two Year 10 Eights. A good vantage point to watch this time trial is from the
Sydney Rowers Club.

Senior Head of the Parramatta – Saturday 10 November. Our senior eights
and four, and the two Year 10 Eights will compete in this time trial 4000m down the Parramatta
River.

1st Grade

The boys were in high spirits for the upcoming trial match against King’s, however missing
our captain Frank Zhang it was always going to be a tough match. The doubles combinations
worked well together to bring High to a 3-0 lead at the start of the day. The number 1 pair
consisting of Patrick and Brian won in straight sets after a close second set tiebreak to end the
match 6-4 7-6. Adam and Josh fought back from a set down to win in a nail biting 3rd set
tiebreak with only 2 points being the difference 4-6 6-2 10-8. After losing the second set Ian
and Eddy regained their focus and overcame their opponents in the 3rd set tiebreak. In the
singles, Brian played a tough opponent and overcame many mental barriers to win his match in a
deciding set 4-6 6-2 6-4. After an awesome first set Pat’s scorching forehand began missing
only marginally, causing him to dig deep and defeat his opponent in a 3rd set 6-1 6-7 6-3.
Josh played a solid match, not giving his opponent any chances of getting on top, winning in
straight sets 6-2 6-4. Grinding his opponent down, Adam played an awesome match only dropping 3
games to overcome his opponent 6-2 6-1. After losing a close first set, Eddy played controlled
and aggressive tennis to dispatch his opponent in a quick 3rd set 5-7 6-4 6-2. Filling in for
first grade, Ian faced a tough task in his singles going down to a formidable opponent 4-6 2-6.
The final result showed High on top of King’s with a score of 11-1. This is High’s
first win over King’s in a number of years. The boys will be looking forward to our next
match against our long-time rivals Grammar.Patrick Rynsaardt

2nd Grade

2nd Grade headed to King’s in round 3 of the trial season fielding an inexperienced
team, looking to improve on the performances of the previous weeks against Joeys and Newington.
The doubles matches were close and competitive. Number 1 doubles Richard and Carl fought hard to
win the second set after losing the first, but were unable to close out the match in the super
tiebreaker, going down 3-6 6-4 8-10. Number 2 doubles Ryo and Calvin played well but could not
overcome their opponents, losing 4-6 6-4 6-10. James and Bohan played together for the first time
at Number 3 doubles, and could not maintain their level of play after a close first set, going
down 4-6 0-6. In the singles, Richard played a solid opponent with a strong serve, and was unable
to win some key points, going down 2-6 4-6. Carl played a very consistent opponent and took the
first set, but lost the momentum in the second and third, losing his second three-setter in as
many weeks, 6-4 1-6 1-6. Ryo performed well and had good rallies, but was outplayed by a quality
opponent, 4-6 2-6. Calvin took the fight to his opponent and claimed the first set, but let the
match slip after a close second set, going down 6-4 5-7 2-6. James played well against a solid
opponent and unfortunately went down 4-6 2-6. Bohan had a tiring match with long groundstroke
exchanges, but lost to a more consistent opponent 4-6 2-6. Although the end result was a loss,
our team gained valuable experience and will train hard in preparation for next week’s
fixture against Grammar.Richard Hao

15s Tennis played the King's School last week with all losses. The scores
in doubles As were 1-6 (A1+2) and 3-6 (A3+4), Bs both 2-6. Some of our singles were closer to
success, the closer matches were 5-6 for Preetham Kaddappu (A3), 5-6 Anthony Yu (A2) and 4-6
Rick Song (B4). Good luck for next week when we try to play more consistently.Garry Huang

16s Match Report Captain: James Chee, A1
The SBHS 16s Tennis played the King’s School for the third week of the GPS trial season.
The early doubles performances from each pairing looked promising for the rest of the day. The A1
and A2 doubles won a very close set with the one break in serve 6-4. Whilst in the Cs and
impressive show of class from C3 and C4 blasted a 6-1 win. However, as the matches progressed
High started to lose form with only three of sixteen singles having been won by High, and all
coming from the C and D teams. We intend to use this experience to prepare us for the main season
in Term 1 of 2013.

3rd-4th Grade Coming off dominant performances last week against
Newington, and with the arrival of our new coach Antoine, 3rds and 4ths ventured up north to
Parramatta with high hopes to face King’s. The day started off well, with High clinching 3
impressive wins in the doubles. However, in the singles, despite bravely consistent hitting from
3rd Grade, we were outplayed by our big-hitting King’s opponents. 4th grade had much more
impressive results, with commanding victories from Denny Dien and Andrew Tayeh, 6-0 and 6-1
respectively, to ensure another convincing back-to-back win against King’s. Keep up the
great work!

6th Grade On the weekend Sydney High’s 6th grade tennis team played
against The King’s School in a tight series of games. As they are among the top GPS schools
in tennis, we knew the day’s matches would be a challenge. To start off the morning the
6th1 (Jason Garrett) and 6th2 (Michel Hauser) won their doubles convincingly 6-3. However 6th3
(William Du) and 6th4 (Gordon Qi) were soundly beaten 2-6 putting the set score between the
schools at 1-1. In singles, despite playing fiercely and attempting comebacks through many
difficult points, Jason Garrett, William Du and Gordan Qi were all defeated 3-6, 4-6 and 1-6
respectively making King’s the overall winners. However, Michel Hauser stole the spotlight
of the day. Despite being down 1-5 early in the set, he managed to pull himself together and
bounce back to admirably win his set in a tiebreaker.Jason Garrett